While Providing Medications to Clients on the Cardiac Unit, the Nurse

question 3

Multiple Choice

While providing medications to clients on the cardiac unit, the nurse anticipates that hydralazine hydrochloride and isosorbide dinitrate (BiDil) would most likely be prescribed for which of the following clients?

• A) A 48-year-old Caucasian male diagnosed with atrial fibrillation
• B) A 55-year-old African American female diagnosed with hypertension
• C) A 63-year-old Caucasian female diagnosed with sick sinus syndrome
• D) A 64-year-old African American male diagnosed with heart failure

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Definitions:

Categorical Variable

A variable that can take on one of a limited, and usually fixed, number of possible values, assigning each individual to a particular group or category.

Quantitative Variable

A type of variable that can be measured and expressed numerically, allowing for mathematical operations and statistical analysis.

Statistical Inference

The method of applying data analysis techniques to infer characteristics of a fundamental probability distribution.

Census

A complete enumeration of a population or a group at a point in time with respect to various characteristics.